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Container

Pot
2001 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware pot with a rim in the form of a hand when viewed from above. It is painted with coloured slips, the base colour is brown over a cream slip, with linear abstract decoration in yellow, blue and brown-black.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleContainer (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, hand built, slap built, slip, hand painted
Brief description
'Container', earthenware with coloured slips, Alison Britton, London, 2001
Physical description
Earthenware pot with a rim in the form of a hand when viewed from above. It is painted with coloured slips, the base colour is brown over a cream slip, with linear abstract decoration in yellow, blue and brown-black.
Dimensions
  • Height: 46/9cm
  • Width: 33.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
‘Alison Britton / 2001’, incised (Maker's mark)
Credit line
Gift of Ed Wolf
Object history
Shown at 'Jerwood Applie Arts Prize 2001: Ceramics' exhibition, Crafts Coincil and tour, September 2001 - November 2002.
Ed Wolf bought it from Alison Britton in December 2002.
Collection
Accession number
C.256-2014

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Record createdSeptember 9, 2014
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